Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Conscious"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Conscious \Con"scious\, a. [L. conscius; con- + scire to know.
See {Conscience}.]
1. Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or
mental operations.
Some are thinking or conscious beings, or have a
power of thought. --I. Watts.
2. Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious
experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware;
sensible.
Her conscious heart imputed suspicion where none
could have been felt. --Hawthorne.
The man who breathes most healthilly is least
conscious of his own breathing. --De Quincey.
3. Made the object of consciousness; known to one's self; as,
conscious guilt.
With conscious terrors vex me round. --Milton.
Syn: Aware; apprised; sensible; felt; known.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
conscious
adj 1: intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more
slowly"; "a conscious policy" [syn: {witting}]
2: knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and
sensations and thoughts; "remained conscious during the
operation"; "conscious of his faults"; "became conscious
that he was being followed" [ant: {unconscious}]
3: showing realization or recognition or something; followed by
"of"; "few voters seem conscious (or aware) of the issue's
importance"; "conscious of having succeeded"; "the careful
tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load"- Thomas
Hardy [syn: {conscious(p)}]
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